I'm new here and found some thing in one of the forums that I know someone else was looking, but I still don't know how to mark the threads and can't find it again. (Can anyone help with that?) Anyway, since I've been here I've only submitted to two challenges, one that is voting now, and the Vanishing Point that starts voting next week. I have voted on 797 pictures, and commented on 237 of them. Since I'm new at this I wanted to make my comments more helpful. The person on the link I can't find wanted the same thing, so here it is.
Originally posted by sparky_mark:
About twelve months ago almost every photo in each challenge was critiqued. I'd suggest having a look at some of the older challenges. When I used to critique I would use the critique supplied to my "No road, no problem" photo as a guide for structure and maybe add one or two sections to it. The sections gave me a nice structure to follow. They were:
Composition - what is good or bad about the composition? would the inclusion or exclusion of an element have helped the photo?
Technical quality - comment on technical elements such as lighting, sharpness, colour accuracy, focus, chosen depth of field. was the photo technically strong as well as artistically strong?
Meeting the challenge - does the photo meet the challenge? does the photo depend on the title too heavily to meet the challenge? is it an interesting way of meeting the challenge or a very literal interpretation?
Creativity - a general comment on the artistic merit of the photo. does the photo convey an emotion? has something been done from a technical or composition point of view to make the photo more interesting than it otherwise would have been
Border / title - is the border and/or title appropriate to the image and the intended mood / emotion being conveyed?
Overall - a short summary
I always tried to focus on both the good and bad aspects of the photo. The good aspects let people know what is working well, and also happens to be flattering, whilst the bad can provide a focus for improvement.
Good luck - I wish I still had the time to regularly submit and critique photos. |
I found it posted in the Critique Club Forum posted back in February under "Sample Critiques?" I think this will help me and maybe some of the other "newbees". I also think it will help me to take better pictures if I keep these things in mind.
Message edited by author 2004-08-07 01:56:48. |
